00049

R/U What Department Code

2000-10-28
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (IS)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (IS)>

Definition: This field contains either a test number, procedure number, drug code, item number, order number, etc. to identify the department. The contents of this field are determined by the contents of the previous field. This field could contain multiple occurrences separated by repetition delimiters.

Length≤250
6 components
1O-identifier (ST)
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier (ST)
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system